Hyderabad: The Telangana government has ordered a major reshuffle of 21 IPS officers, including senior DGP-rank officers, assigning them key positions across the State Police Department and other government organisations. Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been appointed Hyderabad Police Commissioner, replacing V.C. Sajjanar, who has been transferred to head the Fire Services Department and will also hold additional charge of the Special Protection Force (SPF).
According to the government orders, Sajjanar has been appointed Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence. He will also hold additional charge of DG, SPF.
Similarly, Dr Soumya Mishra has been appointed DGP, Women & Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa. She will also hold additional charge of DGP (Organisation) and DGP (Legal).
Swati Lakra has been appointed Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, while retaining additional charge of DGP, Home Guards.
Likewise, Charu Sinha has been appointed Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), while continuing to hold additional charge as DGP, CID.
Other important appointments include Akun Sabharwal has been appointed Additional DGP (Law and Order). He will also hold additional charge of ADGP (Coordination) and ADGP, Technical Services (T-SPARC).
Dr Anil Kumar has been appointed Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC).
Also Y. Nagi Reddy has been appointed Commissioner, Civil Supplies, and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department. He will also hold additional charge as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Civil Supplies Corporation and Controller of Legal Metrology.
Vikram Singh Mann has been appointed DGP (Operations), Greyhounds and OCTOPUS, with additional charge of DGP, Police Housing Corporation.
M. Stephen Raveendra has been appointed Director, Telangana Traffic Management and the Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS).
The orders also assigned additional responsibilities to Chandrasekhar Reddy has been appointed Director, ACB, while Kartikeya has been posted as IG, Multi-Zone-I, with additional charge of Director, Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).
Likewsie, K. Ramesh Naidu has been appointed IG, Railways, while D. Joel Davis has been posted as Joint Director, Road Safety and Joint Director, Traffic, TG-TMARS. Davis will also hold additional charge as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Hyderabad City.
At the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level, G. Chandana Deepthi has been given additional charge of DIG, Zone-VII, Jogulamba, while R. Bhaskaran has been assigned additional charge of DIG (Intelligence).
K. Narayana Naik has been given additional charge of DIG, Zone-II, Basara, while L.S. Chowhan has been appointed DIG, Coordination, with additional charge of DIG, Zone-VI, Charminar.
Sree Bala Devi has been appointed Deputy Director (Administration), TG-TMARS, while V. Aravinda Babu has been posted as DCP, SM&IT, Hyderabad City.
Sanjay Kumar Jain will continue as ADGP, Telangana State Special Police (TGSP), with additional charge of ADGP, Training.
The reshuffle covers senior leadership and operational positions across the police department, including law and order, intelligence, traffic management, crime investigation and specialised units.